Autistic boy drowned in Disneyland pool

A five-year-old autistic boy on a dream Christmas trip to Disneyland Paris died after falling in the hotel swimming pool, it was revealed today.

Staff at the Thomas Cook-owned three-star Explorers Hotel close to the resort confirmed there had been no lifeguard on duty when Colum Canning from Derry fell into the water after disappearing from his mother’s view.